lol xelab
― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
man, huey lewis looked great when he was young!
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
someone dig up that murgatroid post re this album
― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
the Lewis is great, 'romantic times' is just as good. didn't vote for it bc i stuck to music strictly from '14.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
this is really lovely so far, don't think it needs a mysterious origin story to prop it up
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
Totally bought into the story and love the album too. Romantic Times is great too but the other songs I've heard of his are pretty bad.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
got it
Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid) wrote this on thread Lewis - "L'amour" on board I Love Music on Aug 10, 2014Oh, so now that the backlash seal has been broken, I can say that this stuff sounds like music white dudes caress their nipples to
Oh, so now that the backlash seal has been broken, I can say that this stuff sounds like music white dudes caress their nipples to
― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
HA!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Wasn't really into the Lewis until I caught this shot from the publicity campaign - after this I was on board
http://i.imgur.com/gx02Q7C.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
I think I put this at #2 on my ballot, mostly because on the day I voted I was sick at home and this was just the perfect music to listen to in that situation. So soothing.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
I had it at #2 as well I think.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
is that really lewis tho
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
Wasn't feeling Romantic Times, really.
L'amour very easily floats out the window in the wrong settings but there are a few songs on there I find gorgeous at all times.
― Evan, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
i enjoyed l'amour quite a bit, though i wouldn't rush to include it among the year's very best. and the backstory isn't all that important, imo. the music's no less lovely and haunting without it.
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
The backstory put it in the spotlight but it didn't influence my opinion of the record, either.
― Evan, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Hearing the backstory vastly improves this for me. Nothing like a bit of nebulous memento mori to make an album sparkle.
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Lewis seems like a very shy Bryan Ferry who doesn't know any drummers.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/mScykzh.jpg
44 ONE DIRECTION Four [372 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
Too low, but glad it beat Lewis.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
<3
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
so is this their best album then? i still haven't listened to any of them in full
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
lol JF
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
so jack white lost some weight huh
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
i like how harry styles dresses just like todd trainer of shellac in 1991
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
xxxxxpsI am bit of a sucker for a backstory, I was listening to that Luciano Cilio re-issue and can't separate some of the fragile beauty of his music from the fact that he topped himself. Maybe it is purely cosmetic, but sometimes it does seem to add something.
― xelab, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
is this for real
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
yesssss. One Direction was in my top 20 but if i made my ballot now it'd probably be in my top 10. the closing trio of non-bonus tracks is incredible, especially "Clouds."
― some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
why wouldn't it be? xp
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
gotta love the synchronicity of Four placing at 44
yay Young Marco!
nu-balearic crew represent
― gr8080, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:59 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
woop woop
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
This is better than any indie or metal dinsdale.Popism ftw
― strychnine, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
placing 44th in ILX's year-end poll is a real feather in One Direction's hat
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
per the modern country songwriting discussion in the tracks thread, I'm struck by how easy it would be to add a touch of twang to these 1D songs and score hits on country radio.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
It's really hard to get over how much I hated them on X Factor but Fireproof is quite a nice tune. That's as positive as I can be right now.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:46 PM
Fingers crossed that Horsebeach and Mark Barrott also make the cut
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
I've listened to "Fireproof," "No Control," "Girl Almighty," and "Stockholm Syndrome" every day since NOvember.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
~Change Your Ticket~
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
What was the image selection process for this cover? It must be more symbolic than it lets on...
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
excellent journalism from our j0rdan on that front:
http://rankings.gawker.com/the-dumb-faces-of-one-directions-four-ranked-1661231846
― some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
never have four consistently gross-looking young dudes recorded such fine pop
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
it's sad – how do you kick FIVE dudes out of bed at the same time?
xpost
Haha perfect! Still looking to unlock some Lacanian deeper purpose to it all though...
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
solitary posts that effortlessly summarize the history of rock & roll
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
i can't get into these dudes (have tried), it just doesn't hit my specific pop music sweet spots
― indie fuxxor albums i have secretly spotified (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
No Control, Change Your Ticket, and Steal My Girl alone make this worth your time. The whole album is great.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
love it
― cajunsunday, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
xps to alfred seems difficult, could require assistance from hotel staff
― indie fuxxor albums i have secretly spotified (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
They seem like okay kids, but they're definitely too far on the Ryan Tedder/OneRepublic end of pop music for me to embrace any of their songs.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
they aren't bad looking imo
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
I bet that kid with the hat has early male pattern baldness.
― xelab, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link